Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17943, William Emery, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Emery, William
NUMBER
S. 17943
CONTENTS
carded

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838, from 4 March to 16 th July 1840. Age notified 22 Dec 1841
1887 Jan 3 F.S. Hopkins with history Prior
July 16 1840 10,387 New Hampshire
William Emery
of Nashua in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Spooner in the N.H. same for 9 Mths 18 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 31 Dollars 98 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of April 1833 and sent Asa Parker Jaffrey Cheshire Co.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $63.96 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Feb " 15.99 $79.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk Book 81 Vol. 185 Page 83.

Declaration of William Emery
of Jaffrey
Cheshire Co.
No 6199.
N. H.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Aaron Watson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire,
now sitting, William Emery a resident of Gaffrey in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy four years , who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
1 st That in the year 1779. as he thinks, he went to R. Island as a substitute for John White of Peterborough N.H. — was stationed at Howlands ferry at Tiverton a short time and the British were encamped at Butts hill and elsewhere on Rhode Island that the British soon after left the Island and went off in their shipping — The Americans then marched to the British encampment & from thence to Newport — that he was afterwards sent back to Butts hill with a Serjeants guard, & in January went to Providence and was dismissed there — that he served three months in place of J d White — Capt. Starn commanded the Company, and Kelley was Serjeant — in Col. Mooneys Regt — thinks Gen. Cornell was at Howlands ferry —
Also that in July in the year 1780. he enlisted and served three months as a private in Capt Benj o Spauldings Company of which — Dodge was Serjeant, in the Regt. of Col. Nichols N.H. Militia — dont recollect any other field officers — Marched to West Point — the Regt lay most of the time at Robinsons farm near the point — But after Gen. Arnolds escape crossed the river & was stationed on the point — After serving three months the Company was dismissed, but had no written discharge —
Also that in 1781 the town of Gaffrey & he believes other towns had been ordered to furnish men for a six months tour of duty, but a part of them had neglected so to do — that about the first of October an express arrived to urge the towns to send the men immediately — that he then marched with some others from Gaffrey and other towns to Peekskill in N.Y. where we were put under Continental officers — that Capt. Isa Dexter commanded the Company in which he served, and he thinks — Capt. Cotton were Serjeants — that Maj. Scott commanded the Regt. at this time, but he believes Col. Samuel had commanded it before, & that it was the 1 st N.H. Regt — From Peekskill the Regt. went to Fishkill the river by water, and after staying a few days, marched as he believes the 2 d N.H. Regt. & one from Mass. commanded by Col. from what is now Vermont, were then stationed — but the Militia went home — that he served three months as a private, 1782. returned home — that he had a discharge from this & which he kept many years, but has now lost it — that he went New Hampshire where he served each of the above times —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
William Emery
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Amos Mathson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of William Emery for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of August A.D. 1832 —
Asa Parker Reg t of the Court of Probate
ill, and thence to Albany up directly to Saratoga on, where stoppage, and some Militia from Vermont soon and some time in January at service from Maj. Scott, from Jaffrey, Cheshire County

6199
M m Emery
Plato 9 M m 18 days
M c E
Alm d
118 12 06
Dec 29 1832
Page 189
$31.98.
Asa Parker
Jeffrey Christine G.

6199
BRIEF in the case of  Wm Emery of Saffrey  of Cheshire Co in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? don't say  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1779 (thinks)  In 79 — 3 — Substute Genl. capt Stone Col Mooney   1780 July — 3 18 private capt Spalding Col Nichols   1781 Oct. — 3 — " capt Asa Luter Major Scott Col Gammell  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saffrey N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  (a document) No living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
* for Roll of service
Wm C. Easton Examining Clerk.

William Emery Sur. File 17243 N.H.
Rep. A. 17243

Permit W m Gentry to pass into the country & return this day Before Bell - Dec 1 st 81
W m Scott May

2  17943 INVALID.
File No. 17943
William Emery
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 9 th 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The adm on of William Emery, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and 98 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 16 th July 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson S. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wm Geoffrey Emery which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? and IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

We Saban Snowworth and Thomas Dutton both of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify, that we are acquainted with William Emery of said Jaffrey who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration to which this certificate is attached; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- -bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion —
Saban Snowworth
Thomas Dutton
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss — February 2 d 1833
Then personally appeared the above named Saban Snowworth and Thomas Dutton and made oath that the foregoing certificate by them subscribed is true —
Before me Asa Parker Justice of Peace and I certify that Saban Snowworth who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman, and resides in the said town

of Jaffrey, and that Thomas Dutton who has also signed the same, is a resident of said Jaffrey, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit — Sworn, subscribed and certified by and before me
Asa Parker Justice of Peace
Cheshire ss. Feby 6. 1833
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county certify that Asa Parker is a Justice of the Peace in and for sd county, and that the foregoing is his signature in the testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court
S. Hale Clerk